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Robert A. Heinlein "

Saturday, April 01, 2006

hard to believe it's been 10 years

One of my favorite jobs on the face of the earth was being a Nuclear Shift Test Engineer (STE) and Chief Test Engineer at Mare Island Naval Shipyard. for 15 years after i got out the the navy, Mare Island kept me employed and challenged. 10 years ago today, Mare Island closed, a victim of the BRAC and overall downsizing of our military and it's assets.

You been back there in a while, Bo? I just drove around it last weekend. Lot of changes happening there. They left the old church alone because it's a landmark but that row of gorgeous houses along the officers' quarters is all pulled up now to make room for the new houseing developements.

Damn shame. That place is real history. Even to walk around some of the old shops there bring about ghosts of the past that you just can't deny.

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About Me

about me. well:
i am a US Navy submarine veteran.
i work at a research reactor for a california university.
i met and married my second (and last) wife after growing up.
my waist line is now 10 inches longer than my inseam. that sux, but then, i've enjoyed every calorie.
i drink my coffee black.
i am an NRA Life Member.
i am the most liberal right wing radical republican i know. new favorite quote of the day: ""We have four boxes used to guarantee our liberty: The soap box, the ballot box, the jury box and the cartridge box". -- Ambrose Bierce (1887)"